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Name

DigitTimeout() — Sets the maximum timeout between digits

Synopsis

    DigitTimeout(seconds)

Sets the maximum amount of time permitted between digit presses when the caller is entering an extension. If the time period specified by seconds elapses after the caller enters a digit, the extension will be considered complete and will be interpreted.

Note that if a valid extension is typed in it will not have to time out to be tested, so typically at the expiration of this timeout, the extension will be considered invalid (and thus control will be passed to the i extension, or, if it doesn’t exist, the call will be terminated).

Always returns 0.

               exten => 123,1,DigitTimeout(3)
    exten => 123,2,Background(enter-ext-of-person)
    exten => i,1,Playaback(im-sorry)
    exten => i,2,Goto(123,1)

See Also

AbsoluteTimeout()